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Thonet Art Nouveau Vienna Armchair_1 Model 6545 Attributed to Otto Prutscher
By Otto Prutscher
Located in Vienna, AT
example on behalf of Jacob & Josef Kohn, further jewelleries, porcelain, book covers and textiles on
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1910s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Book Covers

Materials

Beech

Thonet Vienna Art Nouveau Table Model 8350 Otto Prutscher for Café Lurion
By Otto Prutscher
Located in Vienna, AT
& Josef Kohn, further jewelleries, porcelain, book covers and textiles on behalf of Wiener Werkstaette
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1920s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Book Covers

Materials

Brass

The Book of Exorcism
Located in London, GB
The Book of Exorcism This is a rare untouched example of a mid-17th Century vellum covered Latin
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Early 17th Century Belgian Antique Book Covers

Materials

Leather

Madonna. Oil on canvas. 19th century, after Raphael Sanzio.
Located in Madrid, ES
inspired it (size, book cover, details in the brush strokes, etc.). Throughout the 19th century it was very
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19th Century European Neoclassical Revival Antique Book Covers

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Other

19c Antique Roman Song Book
Located in New Orleans, LA
Tara Shaw Antiques - Beautiful large antique leather and iron covered song book. "Gradual Romain
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19th Century French Antique Book Covers

Materials

Leather, Paper

A Large Three Drawer Tunbridge Ware Jewellery Chest and Work Box, c1925
By Henry Hollamby
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
book, covered in matching material; the needle book and three drawers are all lined with the same red
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Book Covers

Materials

Paper

Memiors of U.S. Grant, Two-Volume, Special Publisher s Edition, circa 1885-1886
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Grant in holograph facsimile. Each book's cover features a large gilt medallion. This is one of
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1880s Antique Book Covers

Mahatma Gandhi 1929 First Edition Autobiography Book
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
The Story of My Experiments with Truth Vol II 1929 first edition hard cover book with its original
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Early 20th Century Indian Antique Book Covers

Materials

Paper

La Bonne Cuisine Francaise, Collectible French Cook Book
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
century first edition. Collectible library book with red cover, Paris, France, 1889.
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Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Book Covers

Materials

Paper

Mid-17th c. Pig Vellum Book c.1667
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT A 17th century book. Pg vellum cover, parchment paper pages written in Latin. Includes an
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17th Century Italian Antique Book Covers

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Animal Skin, Paper

ABC Applique and Quilt Fabric Childs Book, Dated 1931
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This oil cloth cover child's fabric book is all hand appliqued and quilted. This 12 page hand-sewn
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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Antique Book Covers

Materials

Cotton

Jules Chéret Musée Grévin Pantomimes Lumineuses Théâtre Poster, Circa 1892
By Jules Chéret
Located in Miami Beach, FL
circus posters, advertising posters, book covers, promotional cards and programs.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Book Covers

Materials

Paper

Japanese Masterpiece Bonsai Bonseki Miniature Garden Woodblock Book, 100 Prints
Located in South Burlington, VT
Rare find dated 1910. This Japanese antique Bonsai Bonseki silk covered book contains 100
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Early 20th Century Japanese Edo Antique Book Covers

Materials

Paper

19C Anglo Indian Highly Carved Padouk and Mosaic Folio Cover
Located in Dallas, TX
Bombay and edged in faux ivory/ivorine and ebony stringing. The fact that this is a Book/Folio Cover
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Late 19th Century Indian Anglo Raj Antique Book Covers

Materials

Bone, Precious Stone, Sandalwood

Ludwig van Beethoven Sonaten Sheet Music Book, C. F. Peters, Leipzig, circa 1820
Located in Sofia, BG
1820 Sheet Music Book. Heavy hardcover book with gilt lettering on cover. All text is in German
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1820s German Arts and Crafts Antique Book Covers

4 Antique 1808 Goldsmiths History of Earth Animated Nature Leather Book Vol I-IV
Located in Dayton, OH
Early 19th century four volume hard cover book set – marbled board covers with leather spine. A
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Early 1800s Antique Book Covers

Materials

Leather, Paper

Persian Illuminated Miniature with Six Figures Playing Polo in a Landscape
Located in Milwaukee, WI
, in later periods being especially close to book-covers and Persian carpets, and it is thought that
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19th Century Other Art Style Antique Book Covers

Materials

Ink, Tempera

Persian Illuminated Miniature with Three Figures Playing Polo in a Landscape
Located in Milwaukee, WI
work in other media, in later periods being especially close to book-covers and Persian carpets, and it
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19th Century Other Art Style Antique Book Covers

Materials

Ink, Tempera, Laid Paper

Persian Illuminated Miniature with Two Figures Hunting in a Landscape
Located in Milwaukee, WI
work in other media, in later periods being especially close to book-covers and Persian carpets, and it
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19th Century Other Art Style Antique Book Covers

Materials

Gold Leaf

George Washington Signed Military Appointment of John Wade to Lieutenant
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
upon a scroll and book covered table. In the left hand, a dress sword is held at his side. Washington’s
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1790s Antique Book Covers

Les Affiches Illustrées
By Jules Chéret
Located in New Orleans, LA
work as an artist, he designed book covers for the publishing firm of Cramer as well as several posters
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1880s Art Deco Antique Book Covers

Materials

Lithograph

Two Complete Sets of Elbert Hubbert 1st Edition Books with ROYCROFT BOOKSTAND
Located in Shamokin Dam, PA
pencil mark in the front from a book dealer. All the slip covers are present and complete (there are one
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Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Antique Book Covers

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Oak

Set of Six Antique Faux Books, France, c. 19th Century
Located in Napa, CA
paper covers the book box exteriors, with multi-color bands on spine and gold accents. Spines read "
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19th Century French Antique Book Covers

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Wood, Paper

All About Dogs by Charles Henry Lane, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
, performing and toy breeds. The book has a tissue covered engraving of the author and 87 black and white
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Early 20th Century American Antique Book Covers

Materials

Paper

Vintage Asprey s Reference Library, English, Leather, Compendium, 8 Books, 1925
By Asprey International Limited
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
beautiful gilt pages Displayed on an angled, oak book shelf Binding to covers has come loose from seven
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Early 20th Century British Edwardian Antique Book Covers

Materials

Leather

19th Century Scottish Leather-Bound and Tooling Holy Family Bible, Dated 1860
Located in Dallas, TX
Collins and Co., circa 1860. The religious book flaunts a black leather cover, embellished with tooling
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Mid-19th Century Scottish Antique Book Covers

Materials

Leather, Paper

Elgin Ladies Yellow Gold Enamel Lady and The Tiger mechanical Wristwatch, 1920s
By Lucien Lelong
Located in New York, NY
Lelong and is featured on the cover of the book "American Wristwatches" by Unger and Faber. the
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1920s American Antique Book Covers

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14k Gold

Golf Rules 1928 Royal and Ancient Golf Club, St Andrews
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
inside the cover of a book, to express ownership. By the late 19th century, bookplates had developed into
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1920s Scottish Antique Book Covers

Materials

Paper

Antique Pair of French Leather Club Chairs from the 1920s Extensively Restored
Located in BENSENVILLE, IL
can’t tell a book by its cover. By that I mean, everything under the skin of that scruffy 90-year old
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1920s French Art Deco Antique Book Covers

Materials

Leather

Uncle Sam s Church, byJohn Bell Bolton. 1895.
By Ethel Reed
Located in New York, NY
the period. She produced book illustrations, cover designs, and more than 25 posters, mostly in just
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1890s American Realist Antique Book Covers

Materials

Lithograph

ELGIN c.1925 Parisienne Lady Tiger Art Deco Enamel Manual Bracelet Watch
By Lucien Lelong
Located in Thiensville, WI
". Bracelet fastens with a fold-over catch clasp. This book piece found on the cover of "American Wrist
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1920s Art Deco Antique Book Covers

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White Gold

Unique Arts and Crafts Bookcase w. Original Glass and Written Ebonized Saying
Located in Lisse, NL
Pure Arts and Crafts bookcase reminding us to 'Judge Not A Book By The Cover'. This early and good
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Late 19th Century English Arts and Crafts Antique Book Covers

Materials

Brass, Metal

Maxfield Parrish "Daybreak" Lithograph 1920s, Original Giltwood Frame
By Maxfield Parrish
Located in Miami, FL
, magazine covers, and book and advertising illustrations, and he also painted murals. By the 1920s, he was
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Antique Book Covers

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Glass, Wood

Lady With White Shawl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, Good Housekeeping and Red Book, with covers that frequently showed drawings or paintings of faces
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Early 1900s Modern Antique Book Covers

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of Lady, Grace Saunderson, Viscountess Castleton Oil on canvas Painting
By Studio of Sir Peter Lely
Located in London, GB
metal clasps. She inscribed her name on the inside cover of the book and wrote medical recipes in the
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17th Century Old Masters Antique Book Covers

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Canvas, Oil

Mountains and Sea, 1920
By Carl Sammons
Located in Soquel, CA
cover of the book published in connection with the Nevada Museum of Art's exhibit of the Walker
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1910s Impressionist Antique Book Covers

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Oil Pastel, Cardboard

Saints Peter, Bartholomew, and Paul
Located in New York, NY
typical of Alcañiz. The way in which Saint Peter holds his book, with his hand covered by his robe, is a
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15th Century and Earlier Old Masters Antique Book Covers

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Tempera, Panel

Framed Book Cover
Located in Toronto, ON
Actual book cover - gilded moire silk on cobalt ground.
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19th Century English Antique Book Covers

Manuscript Book Cover
Located in New York, NY
Carved Puu Wood manuscript Book cover with painted auspicious symbols.
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18th Century and Earlier Antique Book Covers

Materials

Paint

18th Century Italian Leather Book Cover
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A huge leather book cover with large brass studs flanking each side. The center section depicts
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18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Book Covers

Tibetan Manuscript/Book Cover
Located in New York, NY
Rare manuscript cover from 14th century Eastern Tibet. Priced as pair.
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18th Century and Earlier Tibetan Antique Book Covers

A Red Book Cover Girl With Flowers
By William Haskell Coffin
Located in Minneapolis, MN
the cover of the July 1923 edition of Redbook magazine. In the 1920s, Redbook was one of the premiere
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1920s Other Art Style Antique Book Covers

Materials

Pastel, Illustration Board

"Menus Programmes Illustres, " Art Nouveau Period Book Cover by Mucha, 1898
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Chicago, IL
"Menus & Programmes Illustres," by Alphonse Mucha, 1898. This is Mucha's cover (wrapper) for the
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19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Book Covers

Materials

Stone

Repoussé Metal Box by Alfred Daguet
Located in New York, NY
. In technique, the box and its ornamentation are linked to medieval boxes, book covers, and
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19th Century French Antique Book Covers

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Iron

Indian Mysore carved sandalwood panel, 19th century
Located in London, GB
A deeply carved sandalwood panel from India, probably originally intended for use as a book cover
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19th Century Indian Antique Book Covers

"Mon Docteur" 1901 Anatomy Books
Located in North Hollywood, CA
display different areas of the human head. All paper shows signs of wear, and book covers are disjointed
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Early 20th Century French Late Victorian Antique Book Covers

Raj Necklace circa 1820 Florette Chain in with Chalcedony Seal Intaglio Clasp
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
India by Oppi Untracht Plate 156 and book cover . Australian Council of Jewellery Valuers Valuation
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1820s Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Book Covers

Materials

Chalcedony, 18k Gold

"The Chap-Book" Original Vintage Chap Book American Magazine Cover
Located in Boston, MA
The pocket-sized Chap-Book debuted in 1894 and became the first literary periodical of note in the
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1890s Art Nouveau Antique Book Covers

Materials

Lithograph

Rare original watercolour by Samuel L. (Mommie) Schwartz, Art Deco
By Samuel L. (Mommie) Schwarz
Located in Amstelveen, NL
Schwarz earned his living by making brochures, book covers, illustrations and advertisement posters. He
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Early 20th Century Dutch Art Deco Antique Book Covers

Old Native American Indian Woodlands Beaded Book Bible Cover
Located in London, GB
Native American Indian woodlands beaded book Bible cover A book or Bible cover, cloth with
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1890s North American Antique Book Covers

Materials

Leather

Gold-in-Quartz Masonic Fob - Circa 1860
Located in San Francisco, CA
by 1 1/4 inches) gold-in-quartz plaques that serve as book covers for two golden, double-sided
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Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Book Covers

Materials

14k Gold

Rare Victorian Silver Enamel Punch Magazine Cover Book Form Vesta Case
By Henry William Dee
Located in Sittingbourne, Kent
An exceptionally fine quality and large enamelled silver Vesta Case made in the form of a book, the
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19th Century English Antique Book Covers

Materials

Silver, Enamel

1899 Original Art Nouveau Illustration, Le Mois Mai - Mucha
Located in Montreal, QU
costumes and stage decorations, designs for magazines and book covers, jewellery and furniture and numerous
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19th Century French Antique Book Covers

Materials

Lithograph

Women in Landscape
By Fritz Erler
Located in Eltville, DE
Holzhausen am Ammersee. His first designs date from 1893: vases, glass windows, book covers, later furniture
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1920s Art Nouveau Antique Book Covers

Materials

Oil

1895 "Grand Livre" Ledger Book
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
1895 "Grand Livre" No. 1 - ledger book with leather cover and brass trim and corners. From France
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1890s French Antique Book Covers

Materials

Leather

Stencil-Decorated Hinged "Book" Gameboard
Located in Columbus, OH
, with its distinctive stenciled ornament and “book-type” cover, is unusual in that it presents both
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19th Century American Antique Book Covers

A Curious French 19th Century Book Box
Located in San Francisco, CA
The rectangular wood structure covered with leather book binding; hinged on one side with 2 clasps
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19th Century French Antique Book Covers

Materials

Leather, Wood

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Antique Book Covers For Sale on 1stDibs

There is a range of antique book covers for sale on 1stDibs. The range of distinct antique book covers — often made from paper, wood and metal — can elevate any home. There are all kinds of antique book covers available, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. Antique book covers are generally popular furniture pieces, but Art Nouveau, Baroque and Georgian styles are often sought at 1stDibs. Many antique book covers are appealing in their simplicity, but Alphonse Mucha produced popular antique book covers that are worth a look.

How Much are Antique Book Covers?

The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $2,500, while they’re typically $65 on the low end and $49,000 highest priced.